A legendary jazz bassist puts his own spin on the music of Star Wars. This is the story of Ron Carter's Empire Jazz, from 1980.
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Ron Carter - Empire Jazz

Tony Thaxton explores the weirder side of music, celebrating and telling the story behind those strange albums that make you wonder how and why they exist. Doing deep dives on albums released by pro athletes, actors, fictional characters, and more. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bizarrealbums/support

Music

Music History

This is a rebroadcast of a Bizarre Albums episode originally aired in 2019. 

REISSUE: Leonard Nimoy Presents Mr. Spock's Music From Outer Space

This is a rebroadcast of an episode originally aired in 2019. 





REISSUE: George Martin - In My Life

This is a rebroadcast of a Bizarre Albums episode originally aired in 2022. 

REISSUE: Wilford Brimley - I'm Old Fashioned

This is a rebroadcast of a Bizarre Albums episode originally aired in 2019. 





REISSUE: The Archies

This is a rebroadcast of a Bizarre Albums episode from 2020. 





Ron Carter - Empire Jazz

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